Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-02-08

HORSES, INCLtDlSo Ilih hDLAehhA"h
ruE LANnERrs AND TiIE Ksoxrs.-
SouE OxfORD County RErRKsESrA
rvEs OF rms FAMOUS HoRsE FAa
ILy.
The compiler OF horse notes f1r th'
American Culiiraior. who IL one OF th'
bes, informed and most able writers OF
horse matter. Ia New EaslAni. advises
farmers and small breeders in genera
who have good mares Of Morgan descent,
10 breed from them instead OF paying
fancy price. for brood mares Of mor'
f.,hionsble breeding. and be gives q
long liz, Of names Of distinguished per-
formers who have = strain OF Morsa'
blood through their dams. lie think
ths, Morgan mares bred to stations o
Hamble,onian de.esn, will uniformil,
produce = ella. Of horses with more style
endurance. and road qusliiie. than ethel
strain Of blood would by itself.
BY Morssns l, meant all that have
descended through tn male line iron
old Justin Morgan. the founder OF th'
Morgan family. These include tbs
Daniel I.,mberl.. the Knoxss. the Nor
rill.. the Psarnsugh.. the Goldda'''
the Bl.ekhA.k.. the Ethan Aliens and
Others Of lesser note. A. the Morsan'
seem TO b. gaining in favor amoas tbs
for,mo,, breeders as al out cross Tor ,h'
Hamble,onians. We will endsAvor to give
. brief history Of some OF the mos, prom
iaen, Morgan families.
The mos, distinguished soa OF Ja''lr
Morgan va, sherman. whose dam VA
an Rasli,h mare. Sherman WAS the 'lr'
Of Vernon, Blaekhawk. from whom De.
scended the Llmber,s and knoss'.-And
q. the descendants OF Blsekhavk wer'
Of somerha, didsren, appearance thar
many Others Of ,hs Morgan family, u u
fair 10 presume ,ha, he WAS Indebted tc
bis dam for much of bis superiority a.
sire. She VA. black mare OF hae ap'
pear.pee. standing sixteen hands high
Of good courage aud endurance. and VA
a superior roadster. kind snd safe fo' IA
die, TO dfi-e. She VAS bought OF
peddler who said she came from ih'
Provinee., and her pedigree vas un'
known. She va. boush, by Bsnj.mir
Kelley, OF Darhlm. ". H.. who kept
her on hi, farm for about twelve years
and bred her TO sherman Morgan IL
1892. lnd in April 1888 she fo.led
small. Inferior black col, which MI. hel
ley bad half = mind 10 "knock IN ,h'
head" a. he did no, wan, such look
ins thing following his mare. lie va
finally persuaded TO keep IL. by a neigh
bor. Who suggested TIA, IL might b
worth q hundred dollar, some day. VII
Kelley af,er~.ri sold him to Mr.. Sea
vey, who. when ,h. col, vas old enough
broke him TO harne. aud soon foan'
,h., he could pa. the tastes, horses OF
the road. Mr. Ssavey traded him TO Nj
A. X Ma,her. Of Massachusetts,. wh'
old him TO Brown N Thurs,on. Of Hsv
erkill, Mas, for two hundred dollar,
In their hand, he won five mile race Il
sixteen minutes. and a two mile race u
5:i3; 5:iT; 5:iT. In 1874 be va
.old to David Hill. OF Bridgeport, VI
ior eish. hundred dollars. Ia lsis
from . small. spawned. grey mare, h
sired the .,Allion ai,erwArd, known 4
Ethan Allen.
Ethan Allen VAS one Of the mos
beautiful iro,iers ever seen on track
lie 20, a record TO hArne. in 2:23 l..
aud 10 pole with q running mate in 2;li
Ethan Allen sired several f.', uO,,sr'
bu, hi. CREATES, fame consists IN ih
fac, ,hl, he va, the sire Of the creates
Of all Morgan .,alliOns. Daniel Lambert
sire Of ,wen,y.nine in the $3.50 list
greater number than any other ,hre
Morgan stallion. ever produced. AZ
the case Of hi. grand sire, Vermon
Bl.ekhawk, he s indebted TO bis dar
for many Of the qualities which cause
him to 90 far eclipse sll other stations
Morgan descent a. sire. His dam wa
Fanny Cook. by old Aedallah. sire
Ry.iyks HsmbletoniAn. an inbred Mes
.enger aud her dam Was by Stockholm
American Star. be by Daroc, son OF Die
med, an Ensli.h thoroughbred. Dini'
Lambert, like hi, sire. Ethan Allen. Is
horse Of elegant appearance. and 10
formily transmits this quality to his d.
.oendsni,. many OF which are OF fine 'ir
and gre., courage. Aris,o,, by Dsni'
| Lambert. Is the site OF II. Is. winshiI
whose record OF ?:OG to pole Is the fa''
es, ., ,h., style OF going.
Although very popular in Vermoa
the L.mber,s are no, plenty in Main
yet, aud we know Of bu, one representa-
tive of ,hi. family in Oxford County
,hA, being the mare Kitty Limberi o~n
ed by William J. Wheeler. Of S1a,
Paris. Lsmber, mares stand very his
a. brood mares, and Mr.. wheelers maj
|, likely to prove . source OF wealth
her owner In this direction. She IL
very fne mare Individually. She Is no
ia foal to Hsrbinger.
Another strain Of Morgan blood con
ing through Vermont Blaekhawk. an
one ,hs, has done much TO improve n
horse stock OF the Pine Tree State.
represented by Gen Knox and hh d
scendsnts.
Gen. Knox Was got by Vernon, Her
son Of sherman BlsekhAwk, by Vefmo'
Bl.ekhawk, and his dam WAS BY Search
er. son Of Barney Henry. Knox was
uo,,er himself and 20, = record In 1881
aud after that he WAS given . trial
2:26. lie proved TO be one OF the mo
successful ,ires thA, ever stood in Main
He was the sire Of Lady Maud. 2:ls l.
Camor, 2:l9 3.4; Victor, 2:23; Knc
Boy, 2:23 3.4; Gilbre,h Knox. 2:2I
and his son Jules Jergenson was the 'i
Of Iron Age. 2:i9 Ia; aud Gilbre'
Knox 20. Capiiols. 2:22 l-2. aud ano,h
son, Colonel Ellsworth. sired the dam
Pilo, Knox, 2:i9 3.i. and several mo-
Of his sons and daughters have recor'
inside Of 2;30.
The Kuo1es s . family are vel
strongly made, have sound feet and LEI
and . square. bold tro,ting gait. qusl
ties which have won for them man
friends and insured for them . reat